🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

共犯者

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kyōhansha

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Accomplice/əˈkʌm.plɪs/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"警察は銀行強盗の共犯者を逮捕した。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who helps another commit a crime or wrongdoing.

    "The getaway driver was arrested and charged as an accomplice to the armed robbery."
  2. 2

    A partner or associate in an activity or undertaking, especially a questionable one.

    "She became an unwilling accomplice in his elaborate scheme to deceive the board."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin complicem, meaning 'partner in an activity', from com- ('together') and plicare ('to fold'). It entered the English language in the 15th century initially denoting a co-conspirator in any joint venture before narrowing primarily to criminal contexts.

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